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Wednesday, September 11

8:00 am – 9:00 am Breakfast and Customer Client Networking Kick-off
Ballroom Lobby
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8:30 am – 9:00 am U.S. SAF Grand Challenge: Three Years In
Ballroom CDGH
Agency Leadership Discussion
    Introduction: Steve Csonka, Executive Director, Commercial Aviation Alternative Fuels Initiative (CAAFI)
  • RECORDED COMMENTS: Tom Vilsack, Secretary, United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)
  • Robert Bonnie, Under Secretary, United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)
  • Annie Petsonk, Assistant Secretary for Aviation & Int’l Affairs, Department of Transportation (DOT)
9:00 am – 9:15 am FAST Award Update
Ballroom CDGH
  • Laurence Wildgoose, Assistant Administrator for Policy, International Affairs, and Environment, Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)
FAST Award Recognition
  • Laurence Wildgoose, Assistant Administrator for Policy, International Affairs, and Environment, Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)
  • Annie Petsonk, Assistant Secretary for Aviation & Int’l Affairs, Department of Transportation (DOT)
9:15 am – 10:00 am SAF Grand Challenge Overview & Panel Discussion
Ballroom CDGH
Moderator: Laurence Wildgoose, Assistant Administrator for Policy, International Affairs, and Environment, Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)
  • Annie Petsonk, Assistant Secretary for Aviation & Int’l Affairs, Department of Transportation (DOT)
  • Alejandro Moreno, Associate Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, Office of Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy, Department of Energy (DOE)
  • William Hohenstein, Director, Office of Energy and Environmental Policy, Office of the Chief Economist, United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)
10:00 am – 10:30 am Networking Break
Ballroom Lobby
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10:30 am – 11:00 am U.S. SAF Grand Challenge Progress: Government & Industry Panel
Ballroom CDGH
Roadmap Implementation Report Overview
  • Valerie Sarisky-Reed, Director of Bioenergy, Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Department of Energy (DOE)
11:00 am – 11:30 am Select Progress Review
Ballroom CDGH
Moderator: Valerie Sarisky-Reed, Director of Bioenergy, Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Department of Energy (DOE)
  • Prem Lobo, Energy Division Manager, Office of Environment and Energy (AEE), Federal Aviation Administration (FAA),
  • William Goldner, National Program Leader, Biofuels & Bioeconomy, National Institute of Food & Agriculture (NIFA), United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)
  • Zia Haq, Senior Analyst, Bioenergy Technologies Office (BETO), Department of Energy (DOE)
11:30 am – Noon Progress Review – Biofuel Industry Associations
Ballroom CDGH
Moderator: Steve Csonka, Executive Director, Commercial Aviation Alternative Fuels Initiative (CAAFI)
  • Michael McAdams, President, Advanced Biofuels Association (ABFA)
  • Cory-Ann Wind, Director of State Regulatory Affairs, Clean Fuels Alliance America (CFAA)
  • Tad Hepner, VP Strategy & Innovation, Renewable Fuels Association (RFA)
Noon – 1:00 pm Lunch
Ballroom Lobby
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1:00 pm – 2:30 pm U.S. SAF Commercial Progress Overviews: Fuel Producers & Suppliers
Ballroom CDGH
Moderator: Jason Heron, U.S. SAF Ambassador, Head of Clean Fuels, Strategy, Sustainability & Transformation, Airbus Americas, Inc.
  • Jim Andersen, GM & Head of Business Development, LanzaJet
  • Michael Wojciechowski, Commercial and Compliance Director, Montana Renewables
  • Earl Holle, Mgr. Commercial Optimization, Renewable Fuels, Phillips 66
  • Scott Lewis, President, World Energy SupplyZero, LLC
  • Keith Sawyer, Mgr. Alternative Fuels, Avfuel
2:30 pm – 3:00 pm Networking Break
Ballroom Lobby
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3:00 pm – 3:50 pm U.S. SAF Grand Challenge: Regional Commercialization Activities Part 1
Ballroom CDGH
Introduction: Steve Csonka, Executive Director, Commercial Aviation Alternative Fuels Initiative (CAAFI)
Moderator: Peter Frosch, Greater MSP Partnership, President & CEO
  • Peter Carter, EVP External Affairs, Delta Air Lines
  • Sam Hsu, EVP, Strategic Planning, Ecolab
  • Beth Sullivan, Global Head of Corporate and Executive Travel, Bank of America
  • Justin Tomljanovic, SVP, Utility Finance and Corporate Development, Xcel Energy
3:50 pm – 4:30 pm U.S. SAF Grand Challenge: Regional Commercialization Activities Part 2
Ballroom CDGH
Moderator: Steve Csonka, Executive Director, Commercial Aviation Alternative Fuels Initiative (CAAFI)
  • Chad Willis, Director, Planning & Sustainability, Allegheny County Airport Authority, Pittsburgh International Airport (PIT)
  • Erin Cooke, Director, Sustainability & Environmental Policy, San Francisco International Airport (SFO)
  • Julie Bushell, Founder & President, Global Sustainability Developers, LLC
  • Sean Newsum, Managing Director, Environmental Affairs, Airlines for America (A4A)
4:30 pm – 6:00 pm Grand Opening & Networking Reception in the Expo
Ballroom ABEF
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Thursday, September 12

7:30 am – 9:00 am Breakfast and Customer Client Networking
Ballroom ABEF
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7:30 am – 6:00 pm Expo Open
8:00 am – 8:05 am General Session
Ballroom CDGH
Opening Remarks
  • Steve Csonka, Executive Director, Commercial Aviation Alternative Fuels Initiative (CAAFI)
8:05 am – 8:45 am General Session
International Activity Overview Panel
Ballroom CDGH
Moderator: Aaron Robinson, Vice President of Sustainable Aviation Fuel - U.S., International Airlines Group
  • Bruno Silva, Environment Officer, Long-Term Aspirational Goal for International Aviation (LTAG), Sustainable Aviation Fuels (SAF), International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO)
  • Pedro de la Fuente, Senior Manager, External Affairs & Sustainability, The Americas, International Air Transport Association (IATA)
  • Siegfried Knecht, Chairman of the Executive Board, Aviation Initiative for Renewable Energy in Germany (aireg)
  • Geoff Tauvette, Executive Director, Canadian Council for Sustainable Aviation Fuels (C-SAF)
8:45 am – 10:00 am General Session
Crafting State and Federal Policies that Spur Innovation, Catalyze Projects and Propel Investment in SAF Production
Ballroom CDGH
Moderator: Tim Portz, Program Director, BBI International
  • Jordan Godwin, Director of Renewable Fuels, Oil Price Information Service (OPIS)
    Policy Support for SAF Markets
  • Brendan Jordan, Vice President of Transportation and Fuels, Great Plains Institute
    State Policy to Support SAF Development in the Midwest
  • Nathan Hohnstein, Policy Director, Iowa Renewable Fuels Association
    Sustainable Aviation Fuel for the Future: What Does the Midwest Have to Gain?
  • Cory-Ann Wind, Director of State Regulatory Affairs, Clean Fuels Alliance America (CFAA)
    Developing State Clean Fuels Standards
10:00 am – 10:15 am General Session
Keynote Speaker/Commercial Announcements
Ballroom CDGH
10:15 am – 10:30 am Networking Break in the Expo
Ballroom ABEF
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10:30 am – Noon Concurrent Sessions
The Technology Developers Working to Make SAF Production Economically Viable for First Generation Biofuel Sites
Ballroom CDGH
Moderator: Tad Hepner, Vice President of Strategy & Innovation, Renewable Fuels Association
  • Hassan Qureshi, Global Business Development Manager - Renewable Fuels, Honeywell UOP
    Future of SAF - Ethanol-to-Jet
  • Luis Sujo, Sr. Business Development Representative, Virent Inc.
    Ethanol to Aromatics (E2A) – SAF Product Diversification
  • Jim Andersen, Head of Business Development, LanzaJet
    LanzaJet is Catalyzing the Next Generation of SAF
  • Tom Gameson, Director Business Intelligence & Research / Business Development, Coxabengoa
    Short Term Prospects for Alcohol-To-Jet Production In The Americas And Europe
From Every Corner: Surveying the Novel Feedstocks Making their Case as Conversion Ready Inputs for Sustainable Aviation Fuel Production
Meeting Room 2&3
Moderator: Tim Hughes, Project Director, Commercial Aviation Alternative Fuels Initiative (CAAFI)
  • Janice Bohac, PhD, President & Plant Breeder, Carolina Advanced Renewable Energy (CAREnergy)
    The Energy Tuber, a High Yielding ABF for Fuel Ethanol to Jet Fuel, and for Valuable Co-Products for Food, Feed, and Nutraceuticals
  • Omid McDonald, CEO, Dairy Distillery
    When Cows Fly: Low Carbon Ethanol From Waste Lactose
  • John McKay, Chief Scientific Officer, New West Genetics
    Hybrid Industrial Hemp As A Low Carbon Intensity Crop Feedstock For Sustainable Aviation Fuel
  • Luke Williams, Senior Research Engineer, Idaho National Laboratory
    Engineering Biogenic Waste into Conversion Ready Feedstocks
Noon – 1:00 pm Networking Lunch in the Expo
Ballroom ABEF
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1:00 pm – 2:30 pm Concurrent Sessions
An Exploration of the Impact of Sustainable Aviation Fuel Incentives on Farm Practices and Feedstock Production
Ballroom CDGH
Moderator: Erin Heitkamp, VP Supply Chain Development, Gevo, Inc.
  • Pralhad Burli, Economist, Idaho National Laboratory
    Farmer Adoption, Supply Evolution, And Biomass Mobilization: A Case For Corn Stover
  • Jim Ramm, Vice President of Client Services, EcoEngineers
    Feedstock Qualification for RFS and IRA
  • Enzo De Biase, Business Development Manager, NextChem
    Nextchem Analysis On The Feedstock Supply For SAF Regional Solution Deployment
Evaluating the Opportunities and Risk in Emerging SAF Production Technologies
Meeting Room 2&3
Moderator: John Oyen, Director of Business Development , ABB, Inc.
  • Yuanhui Zhang, Professor, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
    Hydrothermal Liquefaction Pathway For Decarbonization In The Aviation Sector
  • Ryan Warner, Sr. Process Engineer, Merrick & Company
    De-risking Cellulosic Ethanol
2:30 pm – 3:00 pm Networking Break in the Expo
Ballroom ABEF
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3:00 pm – 4:30 pm Concurrent Sessions
SAF Qualification Activity & Co-processing with Existing Refineries
Ballroom CDGH
New SAF production pathways on the horizon & Progress on 100% SAF
  • Steve Csonka, Executive Director, Commercial Aviation Alternative Fuels Initiative (CAAFI)
Industry Panel: Co-processing with Existing Refineries
Moderator: Steve Csonka, Executive Director, Commercial Aviation Alternative Fuels Initiative (CAAFI)
  • Carolyn Ryeczek, Americas Lower Emissions Fuels and Business Development Manager, Exxon Mobil
  • Chris Cassidy, Renewable Energy Advisor, United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)
  • Sean Newsum, Managing Director, Environmental Affairs, Airlines for America (A4A)
  • Ole Frej Alkilde, Lead Technology Manager, Topsoe
  • Tim Obitts, CEO, Alder Renewables
On the Verge: Pushing SAF Development into Its Commercialization Phase
Meeting Room 2&3
Moderator: Jurgen Zach, Vice President, Business Development, Clearview Sensing
  • Erin Heitkamp, VP Supply Chain Development, Gevo, Inc.
    With SAF We Can Put Circular And Economy Into The Circular Economy
  • Chuck Gallop, Director of Innovation, ICM, Inc.
    Integrating Generation 1 Biofuels Facilities with Sustainable Aviation Fuels Production Plants
  • Robb Etnyre, General Manager, Truckee Tahoe Airport District
    Truckee Tahoe Airport's Pioneering Journey in SAF Implementation
  • Dawn Lima, VP – Renewable Energy & Sustainable Technologies, Foss & Company
    45Z Tax Credits From Your SAF Project – Pathways to Monetize & Update on Current Tax Credits Market
4:30 pm – 6:00 pm Evening Reception in the Expo
Ballroom ABEF
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6:00 pm – 8:00 pm Evening Networking Social
Citizen at InterContinental Hotel
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Friday, September 13

8:00 am – 9:00 am Breakfast in the Expo
Ballroom ABEF
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8:00 am – 2:30 pm Expo Open
8:30 am – 10:00 am Concurrent Sessions
Survey of Available Funding Sources for Sustainable Aviation Fuel Project Developers
Ballroom CDGH
Moderator: Todd Taylor, Business Attorney, Avisen Legal
  • Dana Mitchell, Technology Manager/Engineer, U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)
    Bioenergy Technologies Office Overview of DOE BETO Sustainable Feedstock Development for SAF
  • Mark Riedy, Partner, Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP
    State of the Art Funding and Offtake Structures for SAF Projects
  • Lance Healy, Managing Director, FD Real Asset Advisors, LLC
    Building the Capital Stack: Sustainable Project Finance Opportunities and Considerations
Reviewing Fischer-Tropsch Conversion Technologies for Sustainable Aviation Fuel Production
Meeting Room 2&3
Moderator: Rick Lehoux, Director of Engineering, Greenfield Global
  • Bryant Fortner, Vice President of Development, Pathway Energy
    Derisking New Technologies and Conversion Pathways
  • Ashwin Jadhav, Vice President, Business Development, Twelve
    Introduction to SAF Production Pathway Using CO2 As Feedstock
  • Gord Crawford, President & CEO, Expander Energy Inc.
    Biomass Gasification and FT conversion into Sustainable Aviation Fuel
  • Marcella Franchi, Global Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) – Head of SAF, Haffner Energy
    SAFNOCA®: Haffner Energy’s Solution for SAF Production From Biomass And Organic Waste
Pitch Day Session 1
Meeting Room 5
  • Timothy Daniel, Founder & CEO and Akshay Sharma, Founder & CTO at Rimba
  • David Rubenstein, President & CEO at California Ethanol + Power
  • Dr. Bongju Lee, Founder & CTO at Green Science Inc.
10:00 am – 10:30 am Networking Break in the Expo
Ballroom ABEF
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10:30 am – 12:00pm Concurrent Sessions
Towards and Understanding of Life Cycle Accounting and Its Critical Importance for SAF Producers
Ballroom CDGH
Moderator: Jurgen Zach, Vice President, Business Development, Clearview Sensing
  • Brian Healy, Chief Economist, Life Cycle Associates, LLC
    Modelling GHG Emissions for Low Carbon and Carbon Negative SAF
  • David Dix, Account Manager, EcoEngineers
    LCA Accounting with Focus On SAF
  • Salvador Ramirez II, Research Associate, United States Department of Agriculture - Agriculture Research Service (USDA-ARS)
    A Life Cycle Assessment Of Aviation Biofuel Feedstocks Using Data From A Long-Term Experiment
  • Don Scott, Program Director, SCS Global Services
    GHG Verification and Certification
Risk Management Strategies Being Deployed to Drive Surety into Early SAF Project Development and Production
Meeting Room 2&3
Moderator: Anna Simet, Editor, SAF Magazine
  • Kennedy Ricci, President, 4Air
    Maximizing the Value of SAF with the Assure Registry
  • John Pierce, Partner, Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP
    Renewable Diesel (RD) Feedstock Supplies Constraints and Risk Mitigation
  • John Oyen, Director of Business Development, ABB, Inc.
    Mitigating Risk in Project Development
  • Fred Gould, Director of Business Development, Beyond
    Curiosity, Agility and Patience – A Project Risk Management Plan
Pitch Day Session 2
Meeting Room 5
  • Linda-Rose Myers, President at EcoTech Biofuels
  • Omid McDonald, CEO at Dairy Distillery
  • Marcella Franchi, Global Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) – Head of SAF at Haffner Energy
Noon – 1:00 pm Networking Lunch in the Expo
Ballroom ABEF
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1:00 pm – 2:30 pm Concurrent Sessions
Novel Technologies Available to Drive Down the Carbon Intensity of Sustainable Aviation Fuels and SAF Precursors
Ballroom CDGH
Moderator: Jeff Standish, Senior ESG Consultant, Geosyntec Consultants, Inc.
  • Jeff Bonar, CEO, CapCO2 Solutions
    Carbon Capture and Utilization to Create Low Carbon Ethanol and Methanol as SAF Feedstocks
  • Abhishek Raizada, Senior Engineer of Technology Development, Petron Scientech Inc.
    An Efficient and Integrated Biomass to Low-Carbon Bio-Ethylene for SAF Production
  • Nick Jordan, Professor, Dept. of Agronomy and Plant Genetics, UMN-Twin Cities, and Co-Director, Forever Green Initiative
    New Winter Oilseed Crops for Low-Carbon Sustainable Aviation Fuel
Assuring Product Quality and the Carbon Content of Produced Sustainable Aviation Fuel
Meeting Room 2&3
Moderator: Tim Portz, Program Director, BBI International
  • John Richmond, Sales Director, Thermo Fisher Scientific
    Raman Spectroscopy: A Versatile Quality Assurance Tool for Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) Industry
  • Benjamin Kling, Policy Research Associate, Beta Analytic Inc.
    ASTM D6866 Biogenic Carbon Content Measurement of Biomass-Derived Fuels
  • Jurgen Zach, Vice President, Business Development, Clearview Sensing
    Real-Time, In-Situ Optoelectronic Sensors For Biofuels Quality Control
2:30 pm Sessions Conclude
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